Hooppole, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Yorktown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61258. The Survey maps it on the Hooppole quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHooppole fell from 204 to 180 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 204 | |
| 2020 | 180 | -24 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1932 USGS Prophetstown quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Prophetstown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hooppole quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,109 words on this townshipHistory of Henry County, Illinois : It's Taxpayers and Voters; Containing Also, a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State; Map of the County; a Business Directory...etc, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Yorktown Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Yorktown Township - 1,109 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hooppole in 2018, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2018F13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hooppole: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooppole in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Hooppole | - | A short lived EF1 tornado with estimated max winds around 100 impacted a farmstead in far northern Henry County Illinois, with max width around 50 yards. Damage was largely noted to a couple of farm outbuildings and some minor tree damage. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | Spotter estimated winds to 60 mph or higher. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Hooppole | - | A video from the public showed a tornado crossing Route 78, northwest of Hooppole, IL. There was no damage reported. The tornado is rated EF-unknown. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | A member of the general public reported a snapped tree. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | A trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 60 MPH using a handheld anemometer. |
| August 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Hooppole | - | A funnel cloud was reported, including photos, from near Hooppole, Illinois. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | A large tree was blown down at the intersection of Highway 92 and East 2200 Street. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | Several large oak trees were blown down, with more than 4 large cottonwood trees blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | Significant tree damage to lots of trees near the Highway 92 and E 220th Street intersection. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | Widespread tree damage, including uprooted trees around the town of Hooppole and a 5 mile radius around town. An agricultural system 1 mile west of town was damaged. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | Power lines reported blown down. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Hooppole | - | Tornado was rated EF-1 with peak winds 95 mph, a path length of 2.06 miles and max path width of 50 yards. Damage was mainly to large branches and a few uprooted trees and snapped trunks. Damage was noted to one out building with partial removal of its roof. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | A 5 inch diameter tree branch was blown down on top of a house. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooppole | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down a tree across the road near the intersection of Highway 92 and the Atkinson road or about 6 miles west northwest of Hooppole, IL around 325 pm CDT August 25. This report was relayed by the 911 call center. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hooppole | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hooppole | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Hooppole | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliceville | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kedron (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Annawan | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Atkinson | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Geneseo | 13.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Beach | 15.3 miles | 14 | |
| Brandenburg Corners | 16.9 miles | 10 | |
| German Corner | 17.0 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hooppole | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2148923 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 410495. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





